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Zhuhai- Chinese President Xi Jinping inaugurated Tuesday morning (10/23) the opening of the world's longest sea bridge in Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province. The 55-kilometer bridge linking Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macau is a national project scheduled to open in 2016. The total cost of construction is estimated at US $ 20 billion (Rs 303.7 billion).
Xi praised this bridge, calling it a world record and proving the country's pbadion to overcome all the difficulties, the national strength, the innovation capabilities and aspirations of being the best of the world.
"Thanks to this bridge, we have strengthened confidence in the way, the theory, the system and the culture of Chinese-style socialism," said Xi, secretary general of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the Central Military Commission. from China.
The construction of the bridge was marked by security problems with at least 18 workers killed in the project. The bridge, located in the waters of the Lingdingyang Pearl River estuary, was the first collaboration between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao for the construction of a gigantic maritime traffic project on the principle "one country, two systems ".
"You participate in the design, construction and maintenance of bridges, you bring all your talent and wisdom, as well as complete tasks of quality and quantity," said Xi to those involved in construction.
The bridge was designed to withstand earthquakes and typhoons, using 400,000 tons of steel or enough to build 60 Eiffel towers. About 30 kilometers from the total length of the bridge over the Pearl River delta sea.
Source: Suara Pembaruan
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